Snow, frozen soils and permafrost hydrology in Canada, 1995-1998

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1591-1611

  Woo, Ming Ko ^a   Marsh, Philip ^b   Pomeroy, John W ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Frost; Frozen ground; Infiltration; Permafrost; Snow; Snowcover; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; PERMAFROST; RUNOFF; SNOW; VEGETATION; WIND;

CANADA; ENERGY BALANCE; SNOW PROPERTIES;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; PERMAFROST; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT;

CANADA;

EID: 0034210461     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1085(20000630)14:9<1591::AID-HYP78>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Conference Paper

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